Reform

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<p>When used to describe something which is physically formed again, such as re-<a href="/facts/Casting/cFJ0hPuU">casting</a> (<a href="/facts/Molding_(process)/1GkAeyCx">moulding</a>) or a <a href="/facts/Band_(music)/1kHpuhz9">band</a> that gets back together, the proper term is <i>re-form</i> (with a <a href="/facts/Hyphen/2qtCxIGv">hyphen</a>), not "reform".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Catalytic_reforming/2ybErEUI">Catalytic reforming</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Education_reform/U7GUEoJz">Education reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electoral_reform/BI3v4yek">Electoral reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Land_reform/EYzj56Ws">Land reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Microeconomic_reform/AFIEaqpx">Microeconomic reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Monetary_reform/pnBRcJAw">Monetary reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Progressivism/1vQyxtRD">Progressivism</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Reform_(Religion)/HLPUSpzX">Reform (Religion)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Reform_movement/1zc4MuG3">Reform movement</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/La_Reforma/g7B1I9u5">La Reforma</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Reformism/yjFMfraA">Reformism</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Security_sector_governance_and_reform/635kn4yV">Security sector governance and reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tax_reform/2wVWKjxm">Tax reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/University_reform/AW8BCMa9">University reform</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wall_Street_reform/aBUjCrk8">Wall Street reform</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li> Media related to Reform at Wikimedia Commons</li>
<li>Harrington, Mona. <i>The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics</i>. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1986. x, 308 p. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-394-54973-2</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Reform". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-02-16. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t" target="_blank">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reform?s=t</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Innes, Joanna (2003). "'Reform' in English public life: the fortunes of a word". In Burns, Arthur; Innes, Joanna (eds.). Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780–1850. Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–97. ISBN 978-0521823944. <a href="978-0521823944" target="_blank">978-0521823944</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Gage, Beverly (February 13, 2018). "When 'Reform' Means a Process of Elimination". The New York Times Magazine. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/magazine/when-reform-means-a-process-of-elimination.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/magazine/when-reform-means-a-process-of-elimination.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Gutierrez, Michael; Walter, Andrew (2024). "Term Limits: Overview". EBSCO. <a href="https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/term-limits-overview" target="_blank">https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/term-limits-overview</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>On term limits reform, see U.S. Term Limits. On more radical/revolutionary changes, including term limits, see, e.g., Robert Struble Jr., Treatise on Twelve Lights: To Restore America the Beautiful under God and the Written Constitution, 2007–08 edition. <a href="https://www.termlimits.com/" target="_blank">https://www.termlimits.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Burgat, Casey (January 18, 2018). "Five reasons to oppose congressional term limits". Brookings. <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/five-reasons-to-oppose-congressional-term-limits/" target="_blank">https://www.brookings.edu/articles/five-reasons-to-oppose-congressional-term-limits/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Fowler, Anthony (January 25, 2024). "Term Limits". University of Chicago – Center for Effective Government. <a href="https://effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/term-limits" target="_blank">https://effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/term-limits</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Lindvall, Johannes (2017). Reform Capacity. Oxford University Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 978-0198766865. <a href="978-0198766865" target="_blank">978-0198766865</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"RE-FORM definition in American English". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved June 5, 2025. <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/re-form" target="_blank">https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/re-form</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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